Department of Applied Physics

Nanomagnetism and Spintronics (NanoSpin)

Our research focuses on experimental studies of magnetic, magneto-optical, and spin-transport phenomena in new functional materials and hybrid nanoscale structures.
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We work on nanoscale phenomena and materials for future memory and unconventional computing technologies. We are interested in approaches that can be disruptive to the field. We study new control mechanisms of magnetism involving low-power voltages and ultrafast laser pulses. We work on low-loss hybrid magnonics, coupling of magnons to phonons, photons, and plasmons, reconfigurable magnonic neural networks, active control of magnetic skyrmions, and emerging phenomena in artificial spin ice. For smart in-sensor computing, we develop multisensory interconnected networks that can process multimodal information using photomemristor networks with build-in memory.

We are a multidisciplinary and experimental research group. Our laboratory houses dedicated equipment for material growth, lithography, and structural, magnetic, and electronic transport characterization. We operate pulsed laser deposition and magnetron sputtering systems for high-quality film growth, use super-Nyquist sampling magneto-optical Kerr effect microscopy and broadband spin-wave spectroscopy for spin-wave characterization, measure magnetoplasmonic properties using a femtosecond-laser setup and magneto-optical spectrometry, and analyze magnetic properties by various microscopy and magnetometry techniques.

We collaborate internationally on electric-field control of magnetism through two Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Networks, BeMAGIC and MagnEFi. Additionally, we co-ordinate a EU Research and Innovation Action on magnonic neural networks (MANNGA) and are participating in a Future Makers project, focusing on optical control of spin waves for low-power computing.

Prof. Sebastiaan van Dijken

Group leader

Professor Sebastiaan van Dijken

Magnonics1

Magnonics

We study spin waves in YIG-based magnonic structures and work on wave-based neural networks.

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E-field1

Voltage Control of Magnetism

We control magnetism by voltage using strain transfer in multiferroic structures and ion migration in metal/oxide bilayers.

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Skyrmions1

Magnetic Skyrmions

We investigate the formation, annihilation, switching, and motion of magnetic skyrmions and skyrmion lattices.

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Magnetoplasmonics

Magnetoplasmonics

We use plasmonics to tailor magneto-optical responses, study nanolasing, and control all-optical magnetic switching.

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Spin-ice1

Artificial Spin Ice

Utilizing frustration by design, we explore the real-time dynamics of magnetic excitations in artificial spin ice and spin glass systems.

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Multisensory Interconnected Network

Multisensory Interconnected Networks

We explore materials and concepts for neuromorphic computing and smart sensing technology.

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Future Makers project: Optical control of spin waves for low-power computing

Magnonic logic gate controlled by optical pulses

Future Makers project: Optical control of spin waves for low-power computing

We investigate energy-efficient computing using optically controlled spin waves

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Latest publications

Spin reorientation in Dy-based high-entropy oxide perovskite thin films

Maria Cocconcelli, Duncan Miertschin, Balaram Regmi, Davis Crater, Federico Stramaglia, Lide Yao, Riccardo Bertacco, Cinthia Piamonteze, Sebastiaan Van Dijken, Alan Farhan 2024 Physical Review B

Neuromorphic Nanoionics for Human–Machine Interaction : From Materials to Applications

Xuerong Liu, Cui Sun, Xiaoyu Ye, Xiaojian Zhu, Cong Hu, Hongwei Tan, Shang He, Mengjie Shao, Run Wei Li 2024 Advanced Materials

Trainable bioinspired magnetic sensitivity adaptation using ferromagnetic colloidal assemblies

Xianhu Liu, Hongwei Tan, Emil Stråka, Xichen Hu, Min Chen, Sebastiaan van Dijken, Alberto Scacchi, Maria Sammalkorpi, Olli Ikkala, Bo Peng 2024 Cell Reports Physical Science

Magnetoionics for Synaptic Devices and Neuromorphic Computing : Recent Advances, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

P. Monalisha, Maria Ameziane, Irena Spasojevic, Eva Pellicer, Rhodri Mansell, Enric Menéndez, Sebastiaan van Dijken, Jordi Sort 2024 Small Science

Dynamic electromagnonic crystals based on ferrite-ferroelectric thin film multilayers

Aleksei A. Nikitin, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Sebastiaan Van Dijken, Erkki Lähderanta 2024 Physical Review B

Apparent ferrimagnetism in Sr(Fe0.2Mn0.2Co0.2Ti0.2V0.2)O3 high-entropy oxide perovskite thin films

Balaram Regmi, Duncan Miertschin, Maria Cocconcelli, Federico Stramaglia, Davis Crater, Lide Yao, Cinthia Piamonteze, Sebastiaan van Dijken, Alan Farhan 2024 AIP Advances

Tuning the interlayer coupling in La0.7Sr0.3Mn0.95Ru0.05 O3/LaNiO3 multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy

Jörg Schöpf, Valentina Piva, Paul H.M. Van Loosdrecht, Ionela Lindfors-Vrejoiu, Padraic Shafer, Divine P. Kumah, Xuanyi Zhang, Lide Yao, Sebastiaan Van Dijken 2024 Physical Review Materials

A Discolorable Flexible Synaptic Transistor for Wearable Health Monitoring

Cui Sun, Xuerong Liu, Quanxing Yao, Qian Jiang, Xiangling Xia, Youfeng Shen, Xiaoyu Ye, Hongwei Tan, Runsheng Gao, Xiaojian Zhu, Run Wei Li 2024 ACS Nano

Spin-wave diffraction, caustic beam emission, and Talbot carpets in a yttrium iron garnet film with magnonic Fabry-Perot resonator gratings

Yifan Wang, Weizhi Yan, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Lukáš Flajšman, Huajun Qin, Sebastiaan Van Dijken 2024 Physical Review Applied
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